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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Eliot M. Case, Denver, CO (US);
Inventor:
Eliot M. Case, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Qwest Communications International Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for converting text to concatenated voice by utilizing a digital voice library and a set of playback rules is provided. The digital voice library includes a plurality of speech items including words and syllables and a corresponding plurality of voice recordings. Each speech item corresponds to at least one available voice recording. The method comprises training the digital voice library to associate each syllable speech item with a literal text syllable of the particular syllable speech item.